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Romanes

British  
/ ˈrɒmənɪs /

noun

  1. Romany; the language of the Gypsies

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Romanes

from Romany

Example Sentences

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"The officers were provided with grander costumes supplied by Romanes and Paterson at the Scottish Tartan Warehouse in North Bridge."

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2022

Mr Romanes said: "Rauour's detection skills really came to the fore that night. "His role as an air scenting search dog was more effective than a 20-strong team performing a line search on the ground.

From BBC • May 17, 2016

The views of Lubbock and Romanes, however, fell out of favor for many years, replaced by behaviorism — a school of thought that would rule the field of psychology for much of the 20th century.

From Time • Apr. 13, 2014

The Romanes family founded the Dunfermline Press group in 1859.

From The Guardian • Jul. 3, 2012

The Lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes....

From Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge by Greg, W. W.

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